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A Great Model for Giving Highly Effective Feedback
Listen to the Webinar Recording/Download the PDF BelowGiving effective employee feedback is a valuable but sometimes poorly executed or even neglected skill. While effective feedback can grow and develop staff, improve levels of trust and communication within an organization, and strengthen bonds...
Why People Lie at Work — And What to Do About It
When you’re a leader, you rely on your team members to tell you the truth so you can make thoughtful decisions and feel confident that you know what’s going on. Most of them repay your trust with truthfulness (marked, on occasion, with a bit of self-serving spin). But sometimes, you’re faced with...
Tired of Settling? How to Light Your Life and Work on Fire
Settling for “good enough” instead of what you really want? Getting comfortable with the ordinary? Letting others treat you poorly? Suffering through a poor work situation? Tired of working with people who don’t want to excel or don’t share your values? Playing small, even though you know there’s...
Selling on LinkedIn Without Ads
Do you want to generate more sales from LinkedIn? Wondering how best to use your profile, company page, and LinkedIn messages to promote your product or service? In this article, you’ll discover how to sell on LinkedIn without ads. Why You Need to Be Using LinkedIn for Organic Selling One key...
5 Leadership Secrets Every Business Leader Should Know
Managing a business is never easy. There are challenges around every corner, not all of them financial in nature. Managing employees, balancing the books and keeping up with new business trends can be overwhelming for any business executive. Thankfully, there are many other business managers out...
HUGE TCPA WIN!: Court Finds Aspect Predictive Dialer Not An ATDS – Explains Away Footnote 7
Well this is a big one. In the best analyzed post-Facebook ATDS decision to date, a Court in South Carolina has ruled the Aspect predictive dialer is not an ATDS because it lacks a random or sequential number generator. The decision is Timms v. USAA Fed. Sav. Bank, C/A No. 3:18-cv-01495-SAL, 2021...
Digital Convenience Leads to Lax Security Habits Among Users, Survey Finds
A new IBM global report examining consumer behaviors finds an average of 15 new online accounts were created and 82% are reusing the same credentials some of the time.Screenshot of IBM's report on Pandemic Security Side Effects. Image: IBMNot surprisingly, consumers shifted further into digital...
Tips to Hire The Best Candidates, Even in a Tough Job Market
It might not seem like much until you sit down and actually quantify it, but hiring a job applicant who is not a good fit for your company can be a very costly mistake. Not just in the money that you spend on screening, training, and compensating the employee, but the money it takes to screen,...
6 Ways to Avoid Losing a Key Employee
Employers should create the best possible conditions for employees to do their life’s best work in the here and now. The sorrow of parting with a key employee is anything but sweet. Sure, it will cost an arm and two legs (and a few months) to recruit someone new and train them in. But that is just...